Ralph smith



Sept. 29,1925. 1,555,526

SMITH SEAT Filed Jan. 1925 5 n Us To;

Patented Sept. 29, 1925.

UNITED srars RALPH SMI'IIrI, OF ATLANTA, GEORGIA.

SEAT.

Application filed January 17, 1925- Serial No. 3,147.

To all whom it may concern:

,Be it known that I, RALPH SMITH, a citizen of the United States,residing at Atlanta, inthe county of Fultonandv State of Georgia, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Seats, of which thefollowing is a specification.

This invention relates to a portable seat to be used by persons desiringto sit in a comfortable position where there is noback rest. Myinvention is particularly adapted for use at baseballparks or otherathletic fields orovided with seats, usuallyof cement and without backrests. r

A feature of my invention is to provide such a seat and back rest thatmay be conveniently carried about by the person who intends to use it.

It is another feature of my invention to provide means extending backofthe seat to act as a combined base when the seat is in use or as ahand-hold for conveniently transporting it to and from use. 1

Another feature of the invention'relates to the folding of the backagainst the seat in a compact space and the means for doing this withthe fewest possible parts and yet with the strongest possibleconstruction whereby the rough usage incident to devices of thischaracter will not tear the parts to pieces and ruin the same.

It is an object of the invention to produce a seat that can be used atball parks or other places of like character in comfort by the personsittin on the seat since frequently the period of time when they areneeded is extended.

\Vith these and other objects which will be developed as the descriptionproceeds, I will now describe my invention in connection with theattached drawings in which:

Figure l is a plan of my seat.

Fig. 2 is a back view with the seat folded.

Fig. 3 is a sectional side view on the line 33 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 4 is a side view of the seat folded, and,

Fig. 5 is a perspective view of the seat when folded.

To provide a strong base that cannot be racked and torn by the roughusage to which a device of this character is necessarily subjected, Iprovide a rigid frame 1 preferably of metal, as brass or iron, extendingin an integral piece around two sides of the base rigid strong framebraced against sidewise strains which may be economically and easilyassembled and which will stand the rough usage demanded of this class ofdevices.

To the top of the seat base 4 I attach by su table nails or screws. Theseat 3 composed preferably of papier-mach or some such composition aswill render the seat comfortable to the user and will also help to holdtogether the seat base 4 and the frame 1 since I extend the papier-machcomposition over the top "of thebase 4 and thetop of the frame 1. Thismakes quite a strong construction which I findnecessary to prevent theseseats from coming to pieces by the strain on the attaching nails.

Rigidly attached to the frame 1 back of the base 4 and seat 3 I provideuprights 8 and at the upper end of the uprights I provide the back frame10. This back frame 10 I construct ordinarily of metal in a solid piecewith side legs 12, pivoted to the rigid uprights 8 and insert a woodenbase 14 between the portions 12 and attach the back base 14 to the frame10 by means of nails or screws, this base 14 serving the double functionof bracing the arms 12 of the back frame and also serving as a suitablebase to which I attach the back rest 15 by nails or screws 16. Thisconstruction produces a very strong braced back for the seat that willwithstand the ordinary rough usage to which devices of this characterare subjected.

I extend the arms 12 beyond their pivot supports sufiiciently for theends 17 when the back is raised to its upright position, to rest againstthe seat base 4 to hold the back in the position shown in Fig. 3 whilethe seat is being used. It will be noticed that by extending the sides 1of the frame a considerable distance back of the seat back, I get thedouble function of a convenient hand-hold and also a seat base whichwill not tilt backwardly. Many of the seats, for example, at a baseballpark, have no backs and a temporary seat without the base frameextending backwardly a considerable distance would be uncomfortable, butwith the construction of my base frame with no liability of tiltingbackwardly, I find that the seat is quite convenient and after beingused, my construction lends itself to the seat being readily folded andwhen grasped at the part 2, may be comfortably transported to the placewhere needed. My temporary seat possesses the maximum strength for thematerial used, is braced Where needed to prevent hard usage fromdistorting the parts and may be cheably constructed of materialpurchasable in the open market,

I claim as my invention:

1. A foldable leg'le'ss seat comprising a seat propeiga U-shapedsupporting frame extending along the sides of the seat proper and aconsiderable distance back of the same to form a hand hold,uprights-attached to the sides of said frame, a back pivoted to saiduprights on the inner s-idesthereof and extending below the seat properand cooperative therewith to hold the back in an upwardly inclinedposition.

2. A foldable legles's seat comprising a seat proper, a U-shaped framesupport therefor extending from the front on either side thereof to aconsiderable distance back of the same, uprights rigidly attached to thelegs of the U-shaped frame, a back comprising a U-shaped frame havingits legs pivoted to said uprights and having extensions to rest againstthe back side of the seat proper and hold the back in an upwardlyinclined position when in use.

3. A foldable legless seat comprising an integral frame extending aroundtwo sides and end of the same, a seat base 4: interposed seat and theback thereof, a seat base fitted between the legs of the frame andrigidly attached thereto, upstanding arms rigidly attached to the framelegs, and a seat back frame pivoted to said arms and having endsextending beyond the pivots and cooperative with the seat base to holdthe back in an upwardly inclined position-whenin use, aback piece belowthe legs of the back frame and rigidly attached thereto, and a back restcovering the back piece, said. back being foldable down on the seat andthe legs of said seat frame extending back sufficiently to form a handhold for conveniently transporting the seat when the back is turned tofolded position. A v

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

RALPH SMITH.

